Non fin nippy tank mate suggestions

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo

Err

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
Sep 5, 2009
470
1
0
Austin Texas
Hey folks, I have a pair of Long finned O's and a royal pleco, and they work great together. I had a silver aro with them and that was working great untill the aro decided to carpet surf today. He somhow escaped through glass lids that have a 1" gap on either side of the plumbing AND a big solid canopy. Ninja jumper :irked:. Anyhow after seeing that this was not enought to keep an aro in his tank I am ditching the 240g tank idea in favor of a 6' 180 for the two O's and royal pleco. However I want to add some other fish to the mix that can hold their own against the O's without chewing up their fins. I was really looking into a few geo's but I dont know how well that would work. I dont want any spaztic tinfoil barbs, silver dollars, or danios, any suggestions?
 
Any number of things could work unless your oscars are the odd crazy murdering ones, which is pretty rare for oscars. A group of geos could work, big severums, chocolate cichlid, group of uaru maybe. Then there's non-cichlid options like maybe a lima cat or some bichirs. A black ghost knife could work if you can find a large adult.
 
I have a Jack Dempsey, Green Terror, Cigar Shark, Common Goldfish, , Common Plecos & 1 Albino Tin-Foil barb with my Tiger Oscar.
I've never had problems with any fighting/attacking my Oscar.
 
MonsterFishKeepers.com